Year-End Lists

Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2017

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1. DAMN.
   Kendrick Lamar
2. 4:44
   JAY-Z
3. Ctrl
   SZA
4. HNDRXX
   Future
5. Process
   Sampha
6. Flower Boy
   Tyler, The Creator
7. Culture
   Migos
8. Luv Is Rage 2
   Lil Uzi Vert
9. Freudian
   Daniel Caesar
10. More Life
    Drake
11. Fin
    Syd
12. Number 1 Angel
    Charli XCX
13. Laila’s Wisdom
    Rapsody
14. Big Fish Theory
    Vince Staples
15. FUTURE
    Future
16. The Bigger Artist
    A Boogie wit da Hoodie
17. Take Me Apart
    Kelela
18. ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$
    Joey Bada$$
19. Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1
    Calvin Harris
20. Rather You Than Me
    Rick Ross
21. Rainbow
    Ke$ha
22. Painting Pictures
    Kodak Black
23. You Only Live 2wice
    Freddie Gibbs
24. Droptopwop
    Gucci Mane
25. Pretty Girls Like Trap Music
    2 Chainz
26. reputation
    Taylor Swift
27. All Blue
    G Perico
28. At What Cost
    GoldLink
29. Rosebudd’s Revenge
    Roc Marciano
30. Drunk
    Thundercat
31. Into
    Sonder
32. 12
    A$AP Twelvyy
33. Harry Styles
    Harry Styles
34. Wins & Losses
    Meek Mill
35. Dua Lipa
    Dua Lipa
36. Good For You
    Aminé
37. Issa Album
    21 Savage
38. The Search for Everything
    John Mayer
39. Thinking Out Loud
    Young Dolph
40. Without Warning
    21 Savage, Offset & Metro Boomin
41. blkswn
    Smino
42. War & Leisure
    Miguel
43. The Never Story
    JID
44. Melodrama
    Lorde
45. No Dope on Sundays
    Cyhi The Prynce
46. Lust for Life
    Lana Del Rey
47. American Teen
    Khalid
48. Something To Tell You
    HAIM
49. Lil Pump
    Lil Pump
50. Black Ken
    Lil B